Vorbuk's Inner Thoughts

Time is something that can pass by in an instant. No matter how slow time may seem in a moment to someone there is always that moment when one will take a second in thought to realize that time had passed by before they had realized it. That was how Leo felt about his life. It was something that was easily noticeable to me.

It had not been that long ago when I was simply trying to enjoy my life back on earth and I felt that way many times myself back than. Though, now I was traveling a strange world with a crown prince while him and the others were trying to figure out a way to fend off a war against a powerful god.

I was not certain that I could actually reach the pinnacle to stop the god from destroying everyone and everything around the realm, but a part of me felt like I had a duty to try.

While the other's would do their own thing every day I would simply listen and try to consume every bit of information I heard with my mind. After the long days, however, I would find myself following on inner instincts to escape the comfort of any inn we would be at to fight and push myself to gain strength further. The feeling of such instincts were foreign to me, but I easily found myself adapting to it. It was like a strange high would consume me every time I fought as my mind went blank and the urge to defeat anything I was up against would escalate in me down to my very core.

Night after night for what felt like a few weeks of ongoing hunts passed by in a flash before my eyes. Being in the form I am now I simply could no longer take appropriate track of time anymore. This is going to be troublesome, I thought to myself. I could not help the worry I felt over the idea of not being able to properly keep track of time in the future if I went on my own. Sometimes I could not help the rage I felt at being trapped in such a ridiculous form, but I forced myself to accept it. There was nothing I could do about it so adapting was something I had to work on more.

As I walked back to the inn as fast I could, due to the sun rising in the distance, I could see the young prince standing outside with a calm expression. In a past few weeks he had grown accustomed to waiting for me in the mornings when he realized I was leaving every night. At first he would always wear a panicked look when I returned and I could tell it was because the man worried I would not return, but after about a week of his routine waiting he eventually relaxed more.

This guy... I sighed to myself as I paused my steps for a moment. Hesitating to step forward because the prince's actions always made me feel uncomfortable. There was a part of me that could sense the crown prince was growing too attached to me like he thought I was his own family.

There would come a day when I would have to leave the crown prince behind, however, so it made it feel even more awkward when I couldn't help but imagine how the man would react when I really did not come back to their group one day. It was almost humorous in it's own way and I ended up with a laugh trying to escape. Being a wolf, however, caused the laugh to sound more like a coughing attempt that resulted in my own embarrassment.

"Vorbuk!" The crown prince shouted with a slight wave of his hand in my direction. I could see the cheer in his eyes that I had returned to his side.

"It's been what... two weeks? How long are you going to keep up this awkward routine?" I sighed.

"What? I can't stand around and wait?" There was a questioning look in his eyes that almost looked pained as though I had scolded a child for doing something it shouldn't have.

"I never said that..." A slight growl escaped my throat. I didn't even mean to release the growl, but my body had forced it out without my own consent because of my annoyance.

"Good! Than moving on everyone else is waiting at the cart. It's time to move again."

The crown prince started walking and headed off towards the cart. I felt surprised that everyone already waiting for me to return before leaving. Were they all getting use to having me around? At times lately I couldn't help the feeling that everyone was starting to grow their own form of attachments to my wolf form.

As I approached the cart I could see Daryl at the reins while the dragon was being lazy as usual. The dragon simply opened one eye to glance at me and Leo for a moment before closing his eyes again to show the act of sleeping. It was obvious he was faking his sleep, but than again maybe he just had not passed out yet. The guy was always being lazy unless something called for his attention. Than there was Zoe who was smiling brightly as she grasped Leo's hand to help him onto the cart when he got close. Zoe would toss her usual sweet smile to me while trying to cover the fact that she was still nervous about how to react around me.

Jumping onto the cart I could see Zoe flinch slightly to avoid being bumped into by my large form. She started to reach out to help steady me when I landed on the cart, but her hands paused in mid air before retracting them back to fold them across her lap. Her eyes darting away to avoid looking at me in the eyes as she smiled nervously.

It's like she thinks I'm going to eat her... I sighed in my mind at her reaction to me. Everyone always treated me with fear as though I was a beast who would eat them at the drop of a hat if I could. The only one who broke the silence with a slight laugh was Leo. His laugh caused Daryl to smile awkwardly as I glanced back over and saw the girl's face flush red from being laughed at.

Being a beast I guess everyone had to make their own assumptions up about me. I do not like being touched or pet like a house dog, but I have never held an ounce of desire to eat them or so much as simply bite them. There was no way I would tell that to the prince, however, because at least it helped me keep my privacy and helped keep people from treating me further like an animal. My muzzle slowly formed a slight smile as I lowered my body to the cart to curl up and take a nap. I had been out hunting all night and at that moment my body felt heavy with fatigue from not sleeping all night.